The Author

This site is written and designed by Colin Phipps.

Now for my Doom credits ;-). You can download my Doom episode PHOBOS3 (for Doom 2) from mirrors of the /idgames archive; when I look up the paths I'll link a few reviews of it here as well (DrCrypt wrote a review of it for this site).

I'm also involved in programming Doom; I am one of the programmers of PrBoom, which is one of the best ports around for compatibility with the original Doom.

My e-mail address is cph@moria.org.uk. Don't email me WADs; I don't do reviews on request anymore, and definitely won't review stuff that isn't available for public download.

Also there are many reviews contributed by DrCrypt. Thanks to him for helping me keep the site growing.

Purpose of this site

The reason for starting this site is WAD reviews. I started doing reviews and uploading them as collections to cdrom.com, but I switched to a web site some time ago.

I review WADs for any Doom variant that I can play, which is Doom, Doom 2, Ultimate Doom and Final Doom, and Boom (and most MBF) levels based on them.

I usually choose levels to review by searching for authors whose levels I like, or looking through lists of good levels from other web-sites, or suggestions from other Doom players. I don't do reviews on request anymore. I don't do deathmatch levels, TC's, ZDoom levels, or WADs that don't include levels (graphics packs etc).

Credits

Well, here are all the people that I'd like to thank for various reasons related to Doom and this web-site:

• id software - Not only for Doom and Doom 2, but for releasing the source code as well, so Doom can be made better than ever.
• Bernard Devaux - For lots of feedback about my reviews, and encouraging me to start this site. He was the author of the excellent Doomoscope, which inspired me to start this site in the first place.
• Dr Crypt - For adding to the collection of reviews, and particularly for the funny ones.
• TeamTNT - For Boom, which provides an excellent base for Doom engines, and set the standard that others followed.
• Doomworld - The best Doom site out there, with all the news and information you need. Thanks for hosting me all for those years.

And also, some thanks to groups not specific to Doom:

• The developers of Debian GNU/Linux, which is the operating system I use on my computer and with which I create my web pages.
• The Free Software Foundation, which writes much of the free software with which my web-site is made.
• The W3C, whose standards make the Web possible.
• Ginger Alliance Ltd, authors of Sablotron, the XSLT processor used to generate most of the pages on this site.

Legal Stuff

Doom, Doom ][, Ultimate Doom, Final Doom, and Quake are trademarks of id software. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Some content on this site may be copyright by people other than me, and is quoted under the fair use provisions of copyright law; for example certain graphics pictured are from Doom and are copyright id software, and some levels (and excerpts from the text files describing those levels) are copyrighted by their authors.

My reviews, the indices and the other pages on this site are copyrighted by myself, Colin Phipps. DrCrypt holds the copyright for his reviews. You may copy and distribute these reviews, in part or in full, provided that anyone who reads them is made aware of who wrote the reviews, and that we hold the copyright to the reviews. You can do that by either linking this web-site and crediting us (if you put them on a web site), or by providing a copy of this copyright notice with the review(s).